Il fantasy postcoloniale

What if fantasy wasn't just about castles, dragons, and dark lords? In this video, we begin with the classic model—the one immortalized by Tolkien—to discover how the genre is changing. Thanks to the essay "La letteratura fantasy" by Giuseppe Candela (Fede & Cultura), we explore the phenomenon of postcolonial fantasy: a movement that abandons Eurocentrism and draws on African, Arabic, Persian, Indian, and Chinese myths, cultures, and stories, with authors such as Marlon James, Ken Liu, Rebecca F. Kuang, Tasha Suri, P. Djèlí Clark, and the sensational case of N.K. Jemisin, the first author to win three consecutive Hugo Awards. New worlds, different narrative structures, more political conflicts, and dramatic themes such as identity, memory, colonialism, and power. Fantasy is no longer just escapism: it is becoming a mirror of the global world we live in. To purchase "La letteratura fantasy" by Giuseppe Candela: https://shorturl.at/ABl1C